IPAA and five other associations wrote a letter today to Senator John Cornyn expressing their support for S. 293, a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to establish a procedure for the approval of certain settlements. The letter highlights how [...]
Issues Energy Production and Species Conservation Working Hand in Hand. In honor of Endangered Species Day, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President Barry Russell emphasized oil and gas companies’ commitment to endangered species conservation and protection in an Op-Ed [...]
This Friday marks Endangered Species Day, an event intended to spotlight and encourage the conservation efforts underway to protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. As companies who work every day to provide the energy we all rely upon, [...]
Issues Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Holds ESA Hearing. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe defended the efforts of his agency this week during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing focused on the Service’s [...]
NATIONAL Senators to spar over FWS funding, ESA reform bills. E&E News (sub req’d). The Fish and Wildlife Service budget and a landmark conservation law that the agency is tasked with enforcing will be fiercely debated at a Senate hearing [...]
Issues Mussels Species Get New Critical Habitat Designation. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule designating 1,920 river miles of critical habitat across 12 states for two mussel species—the rabbitsfoot and the Neosho mucket. The [...]
NATIONAL USCA commends DOI decision on bi-state greater sage grouse in California and Nevada. United States Cattlemen’s Association, Press Release. The United States Cattlemen's Association (USCA) applauds last week's announcement by the Department of Interior on the decision to not [...]
NATIONAL As GOP pushes listing delay, sage grouse numbers have tumbled – report. E&E News (sub req’d). Greater sage grouse numbers fell by more than half from 2007 to 2013 across the western United States, according to a newly released [...]